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just a quick post...valentines day was fun...made our rounds to the boys school parties...and loaded up on sugar! this was tysens first school party!!!! he came home SO excited to go through his valentine bag, and just talked and talked about how much fun he had. it was a little over the top, until we realized that this was his first school party experience! he missed his christmas party because he had the flu...so this was such a big deal and so fun. it was really cute how happy he was...

 this was a moment i just had to capture. tysen is constantly asking me if he can play in the attic. which obviously, my answer is "no". i don't like being in the attic...kind of afraid of what i'll find. but dad was home this day, and he decided to try his luck with him...andy said, 'sure'! then tysen didn't want to play, he wanted to read, so best dad in the world sat in the attic, reading to his son. it was priceless.

 these guys are growing up so fast! i love the independence they are getting...and though i could take a little less of the attitude i get sometimes....they are turning into such amazing young men. i am so proud of them in so many different ways. they are SO different. but they are all my boys...

family visits

we always have fun with family in town...ana and papaw brought their camper...along with haley and taylor...and joey and kyle came with the boys and stayed with us. we had a ton of fun watching the boys play basketball (the girls even made signs!), playing at the park, and roasting smores!! 

hot dogs and smores

we love how there is 5-6 boys in our yard playing football or basketball every day...but we really want to get to know the families as well and build community in our neighborhood. we had a roasting party and 3 families came over for hot dogs and smores. definitely going to do that again...

family time

as we get back into the routine of school and church events, we have been trying to be more intentional with our family time. making memories!!!  we did fondue night...another ice cream emergency...had donuts all together one morning...and even had family hot tub night...love our family time!

basketball

logan and ian had their very first basketball games!!  logan has always loved sports, but ian is more the artistic type, and likes to play here and there, but nothing that consumes him. i have tried several different sport options over the past year and he just isn't interested....though he always said, "maybe basketball when it's here". i was thrilled when he wanted to play...he has never liked being in front of people, and i think that was the primary reason he didn't want to play sports. but he has been really excited, and they have both had several practices and were ready to play! the games were SO fun to watch as a parent. i love the "upward" program because there's not a high competitive level...which i didn't want for ian's first experience... we are really excited for this season!

tysen and buddy gideon were hanging out while the brothers played!

ian scored a goal...which i could tell really boosted his confidence. logan has played baseball before....but this was ian's first time to ever play a team sport...we were such proud parents!

brothers

i love that they love each other enough to share a blanket while watching saturday morning cartoons...

finishing out 2012...